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United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission (2014), para. 17
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- 2. Recalls paragraph 61 of the report of the Commission, in which it is indicated that raising the mandatory age of separation for existing staff to 65 years would result in a marginal reduction in the actuarial deficit of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund in the range of 0.13 per cent of pensionable remuneration;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife (2019), para. 28
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- Welcoming the high-level thematic discussions on the global observance of World Wildlife Day, held on 2 March 2018 and 1 March 2019, which focused on global efforts to save big cats and to conserve marine species, respectively,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Human rights in Haiti (1994), para. 12
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- Recognizing the important role played by the International Civilian Mission, whose presence in Haiti has prevented greater violations of human rights, and encouraging its earliest possible return to Haiti,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance in mine clearance (1997), para. 22
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- 2. Welcomes, in particular, the efforts made by the United Nations to foster the establishment of mine-clearance capacities in countries where mines constitute a serious threat to the safety, health and lives of the local population, and emphasizing the importance of developing national mine- clearance capacities, urges all Member States, particularly those that have a capacity to do so, to assist afflicted countries in the establishment and development of their national mine-clearance capacities;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (2009), para. 10
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- 4. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2020), para. 23
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- Welcoming steps to ease the restrictions on movement and access in the West Bank, while stressing the need for further steps to be taken in this regard, and recognizing that such steps would improve living conditions and the situation on the ground and could promote further Palestinian economic development,
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- Movement
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2012), para. 04
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- Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2015), para. 058
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- 6. Notes the progress made during the third meeting of the open-ended intergovernmental Expert Group on the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, held in Vienna from 25 to 28 March 2014, 11 and requests Member States to support the process of revision of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners 22 in line with General Assembly resolution 65/230 of 21 December 2010, and to strengthen all efforts to address the issue of prison overcrowding;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2017), para. 21
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- Recalling the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2006 at the request of the territorial Government and with the concurrence of the administering Power,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat (2013), para. 08
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- 4. Requests the Division, in particular, to continue to monitor developments relevant to the question of Palestine, organize international meetings and conferences in various regions with the participation of all sectors of the international community, liaise and cooperate with civil society and parliamentarians, develop and expand the “Question of Palestine” website and the documents collection of the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine, prepare and widely disseminate publications and information materials on various aspects of the question of Palestine and develop and enhance the annual training programme for staff of the Palestinian Authority in contribution to Palestinian capacity-building efforts;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (2009), para. 40
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- 31. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti”.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues (2019), para. 10
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- 2. Requests the Secretary-General to take all appropriate steps, in consultation with the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, for the protection of Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Kosovo (1999), para. 10
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- Concerned by the grave infringements upon the freedom of expression in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), in particular the adoption of the new law on public information by the Serbian Parliament and the recent closure of several independent newspapers and radio stations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro),
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (2000), para. 23
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- Welcoming the contacts between the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan and various non- warring Afghan parties and personalities, and supporting calls by these independent Afghans for an end to the fighting and any proposals that might advance the cause of peace, including the meeting, held in Rome from 22 to 25 November 1999, of a group of Afghan personalities aimed at the convening of a genuine loya jirgah to promote a political settlement,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Dissemination of information on decolonization (1997), para. 02
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- Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples 1 relating to the dissemination of information on decolonization and publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan (1995), para. 07
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- Welcoming the appointment by the Secretary-General of Mahmoud Mestiri to head the United Nations special mission to Afghanistan, and expressing its appreciation for the efforts of the special mission towards the restoration of peace, normalcy and national rapprochement and the objective of reconstruction and rehabilitation of war-stricken Afghanistan,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2018), para. 07
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- Recalling also the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and on the highseas/illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, fisheries by-catch and discards, and other developments (2003), para. 22
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- Noting with satisfaction the recent entry into force of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles and Their Habitats, which contains provisions to minimize the incidental catch of sea turtles in fishing operations,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2009), para. 19
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- Affirming the need for States to ensure that perpetrators of attacks committed on their territory against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel do not operate with impunity, and that the perpetrators of such acts are brought to justice as provided for by national laws and obligations under international law,
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- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: special economic assistance to individual countries or regions (2000), para. 11
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- Noting also the appeal made by the Secretary-General to the international community for aid and assistance to Mozambique in dealing with the effects of the floods,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2006), para. 019
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- Recognizing also the need for appropriate measures to address lost or abandoned gear, including catches by derelict fishing gear, which adversely affects, inter alia, fish stocks and habitats,
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- Environment
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The occupied Syrian Golan (2000), para. 12
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- Welcoming the convening at Madrid of the Peace Conference on the Middle East on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 aimed at the realization of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace, and expressing grave concern about the stalling of the peace process on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Protection of migrants (2002), para. 14
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- Taking note of Advisory Opinion OC-16/99, issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on 1 October 1999, on The Right to Information on Consular Assistance in the Framework of the Guarantees of the Due Process of Law, in the case of foreign nationals detained by the authorities of a receiving State,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2019), para. 42
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- 16. Calls upon the administering Power, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and regional organizations to provide all the assistance necessary to the Territory, support the recovery and rebuilding efforts and enhance capabilities for emergency preparedness and risk reduction, in particular in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria that impacted the Territory in 2017;
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- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East (2007), para. 25
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- 12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session the item entitled “Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East”.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2019), para. 09
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- Noting that enforced disappearances can end in extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, recalling the importance in this regard of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 6 and calling upon all States which have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Convention,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Questions relating to information (2010), para. 007
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- (c) To provide support for the continuation and strengthening of practical training programmes for broadcasters and journalists from public, private and other media in developing countries;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1998), para. 05
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- Commending the High Commissioner and her staff for the competent, courageous and dedicated manner in which they discharge their responsibilities, paying tribute to those staff members whose lives have been endangered in the course of their duties, and deploring the deaths of staff members as a consequence of violent events in several countries around the world,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Forensic genetics and human rights (2010), para. 04
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- Noting the general comment of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on the right to the truth with regard to enforced disappearances, in which the Working Group highlighted the importance of identifying the victims of enforced disappearances through, among other methods, DNA analysis,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (2000), para. 7
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- 1. Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the option of a State;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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